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The problem is AI stock valuations effects the valuation of the market as a whole. If 10% of your stocks are AI and AI flopped to 0, you wouldn't just lose 10% of your investment because nearly every other stock is going to drop a significant portion along with it.

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> If 10% of your stocks are AI and AI flopped to 0, you wouldn't just lose 10% of your investment because nearly every other stock is going to drop a significant portion along with it.

And? This has happened before and it will happen again:

* https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2014/02/worlds-worst-market...

If you're worried about drops risking your financial goals (retirement or otherwise), diversify: international equities, bonds, etc. As the time one needs liquidity more than growth approaches, decreasing risk is a standard strategy:

* https://www.kitces.com/blog/managing-portfolio-size-effect-w...

AI is no different than any other new technology over the last three centuries:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_Revolutions_and_...

also the currency the stock prices are measured in would become less valuable, since a big part of its value comes from foreign countries investing in American stock markets.

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